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Pachelbels Canon in D
                    for bass guitar

Bass I (B E A D G C)

Q=72
4/4
||o----------------|----------------|------------------||
||o----------------|----------------|------------------||
||o0---------------|----------------|------------------||
||o--------0-------|2---------------|------------------||
||o----------------|--------2-------|3-----------------||
||o----------------|----------------|---------3--------||

||-----------------o||
||-----------------o||
||-----------------o||
||---------0-------o||
||3----------------o||
||-----------------o||

H       H        H       H        H        H

(Quarter Notes Till *
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||--------2---0---|----------------|------------2---||
||0---4-----------|4---0---4---2---|0-------0-------||
||----------------|----------------|----2-----------||
||----------------|----------------|----------------||
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||----------------|----------------|----------------||
||0---4---2---0---|--------2---0---|----------------||
||----------------|0---4-----------|4---0---4---2---||
||----------------|----------------|----------------||
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||----------------|----------------|----------------||
||------------2---|0---4---2---0---|----------------||
||0-------0-------|----------------|4---0---2-------||
||----2-----------|----------------|------------4---||
||----------------|----------------|----------------||
||----------------|----------------|----------------||

*
||----------------|----------------|----------------||
||--------2-------|----0---2-------|----------------||
||0---4-----------|------------4---|0---0---0-----4-||
||------------0---|2---------------|----------------||
||----------------|----------------|----------------||
||----------------|----------------|----------------||
                                    Q   Q   Q.    E

All Eighths Till *
||----------------|----------------|----------------||
||--6-7-----4-----|------0-------0-|--4---0---0-----||
||0-----0-------4-|0---4---7---7---|4---7---7---4---||
||--------4---7---|--7-------7-----|--------------7-||
||----------------|----------------|----------------||
||----------------|----------------|----------------||
                                   *
||----------------|----------------|----------------||
||----4-6-7-6-4---|0-----4---4---0-|----------------||
||0-------------7-|--4-----7---7---|4---4---2-------||
||----------------|----7-----------|----------------||
||--5-------------|----------------|----------------||
||----------------|----------------|----------------||
                                    Q   Q   H

||----------------|----------------|----4-------9---||
||----------------|4-------2-------|4-------6-------||
||R---0---4-------|----------------|----------------||
||----------------|----------------|----------------||
||----------------|----------------|----------------||
||----------------|----------------|----------------||
  Q   Q   H        H       H        Q   Q   Q   Q

For this Section, The Rhythm Is E-S-S E-S-S S-S-S-S-S-S-S-S
||----------------|----------------|----------------||
||---------4------|--4------------4|0-4-4-67-467----||
||4---4-457-757457|5--75-4-4---457-|---7----7----457||
||--57------------|-------7-757----|------------7---||
||----------------|----------------|----------------||
||----------------|----------------|----------------||

||----------------|----------------|----------------||
||---------------0|---------4------|--4------------4||
||7-457-457---024-|4---4-457-757457|5--75-4-4---457-||
||---------024----|--57------------|-------7-757----||
||----------------|----------------|----------------||
||----------------|----------------|----------------||

||----------------|----------------|----------------||
||0-424-67-467----|----------------|-------------767||
||--------7----457|4---4-------4---|0---0---454-4---||
||------------7---|--57--757457-754|--24--57---7----||
||----------------|----------------|----------------||
||----------------|----------------|----------------||

||----------------|----------4-----||
||4-764--------467|4-767-6467-76746||
||------7575457---|----------------||
||----------------|----------------||
||----------------|----------------||
||----------------|----------------||

Back To Halves
||o----------------|----------------|----------------||
||o----------------|----------------|----------------||
||o0---------------|----------------|----------------||
||o---------0------|2---------------|----------------||
||o----------------|--------2-------|3---------------||
||o----------------|----------------|--------3-------||

||----------------o||
||----------------o||
||----------------o||
||--------0-------o||
||3---------------o||
||----------------o||

All Eighths Till *
||----------------|----------------|----------------||
||----------------|--------2-2-0---|4-4-6-4---------||
||4-4-5-4-----4---|--4-----------7-|--------7-7-5-7-||
||--------7-7---7-|5---5-2---------|----------------||
||----------------|----------------|----------------||
||----------------|----------------|----------------||

||----------------|----4-----------|------------6-4-||
||4-4---4-6-6-4-6-|7-7---7-6-6-7-6-|4-4---4-6-6-----||
||----7-----------|----------------|----7-----------||
||----------------|----------------|----------------||
||----------------|----------------|----------------||
||----------------|----------------|----------------||
                                   *
||----4-7-6-6---6-|--6-7-6-4-------|----------------||
||7-7-------------|7---------------|----------------||
||------------7---|----------7-5-7-|----------------||
||----------------|----------------|----------------||
||----------------|----------------|----------------||
||----------------|----------------|----------------||

Two Different Lines, You Choose The One You Like
||o--6-6-6-4-4-4-4-|2-2-2-2---------|----------------||
||o2---------------|--------2-2-2-2-|4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-||
||o--4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|0-0-0-0---------|----------------||
||o----------------|--------0-0-0-0-|2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-||
||o----------------|----------------|----------------||
||o----------------|----------------|----------------||
                    One Line Now, Rhythm Is E-S-S  E-E  E-S-S  E-E
||----------------o|----------------|----------------||
||4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-o|7---------------|----------------||
||----------------o|----4-----------|----------754---||
||2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-o|--57--5-4-457-4-|---45---4-----7-||
||----------------o|----------------|7-7---7---------||
||----------------o|----------------|----------------||
     A Change Here, Rhythm Is E-S-S E-E-E-E-E-E
                   E SSE E E E E E  Back To Rythm
||----------------|----------------|----------------||
||----------------|--4-------------|--767------46---||
||--54--5-4---4-7-|5--75-4-----7---|4-----4-7-7---7-||
||5---7-----57----|--------7-7---7-|----------------||
||----------------|----------------|----------------||
||----------------|----------------|----------------||

||----------------|----------------|----------------||
||----------------|----------------|--764-4---------||
||4---4---4-4-----|----------4---4-|5-------7---7-7-||
||--57--5----75-4-|------4-5--75---|----------7-----||
||----------------|7-757-----------|----------------||
||----------------|----------------|----------------||

The Top Part Is A Different Line, Meant To Be Played At The Same Time
That The Bottom Line Is Played
  H.          Q    H.          Q    H       H
||----------------|----------------|----------------||
||2-----------2---|------------2---|0-------2-------||
||0---------------|0---------------|--------0-------||
||--------0-------|2---------------|----------------||
||----------------|--------2-------|3---------------||
||----------------|----------------|----------------||
  H       H        H       H        H       H

Q   Q   Q.    E  Q   Q   H        H       H
||----2---2-----0-|2---2---0-------|----------------||
||0-------2-------|--------2-------|4-------2-------||
||----------------|0---------------|--------4-------||
||----------------|----------------|2---------------||
||----------------|----------------|----------------||
||----------------|----------------|----------------||
  H       H        H       H        H       H

H     E H        H       H     E  E     E E E E E
||----------------|----------------|----------------||
||----------------|4---------------|----------0-----||
||0-----2-4-------|5-------2-----2-|4-----4-4---4---||
||----------------|--------0-------|5-------------2-||
||3-------5-------|----------------|--------0-------||
||----------------|----------------|----------------||
  H       H        H       H        H       H

Q.    E E E E E  H       H        E E E E Q.    E
||----------------|----------------|----------------||
||----------------|----------------|----------------||
||0-----0-0-2-0---|--------0-------|0---------------||
||2-------------4-|2---------------|--3-2-3---------||
||--------2-------|3---------------|3-------0-----0-||
||----------------|--------3-------|----------------||
  H       H        H       H        H       H

Q.    E E E E E  Q.    E E E E E  E E E E Q.    E
||----------------|----------------|----------------||
||2-----2-2-4-2-0-|----------------|----------------||
||0---------------|4-----4-4-5-4-2-|----------------||
||--------0-------|2---------------|5-3-2-3---------||
||----------------|--------2-------|3-------5-----5-||
||----------------|----------------|--------3-------||
  H       H        H       H        H       H

Q   Q   Q.    E  H       H        H       H
||----------------|----------------|----------------||
||----------------|----------------|----------------||
||----0-----------|0---------------|----------------||
||--------4-----4-|--------0-------|2---------------||
||3-------5-------|----------------|--------2-------||
||----------------|----------------|----------------||
  H       H        H       H        H       H

Q   H       Q t (Q.)   E H        Q   H       Q
||----------------|----------------|----6-------4---||
||R---0-----------|----------------|----------------||
||------------4---|4-----2-2-------|4-------7-------||
||----------------|--------0-------|5---------------||
||3---------------|3---------------|----------------||
||--------3-------|----------------|----------------||
  H       H        H       H        H       H

Q   H       Q    H       Q   Q    H       H
||2---2-------0---|------------2---|----------------||
||4---------------|4---------------|--------2-------||
||--------4-------|5-------0-------|5---------------||
||----------------|----------------|2-------0-------||
||----------------|----------------|----------------||
||----------------|----------------|----------------||
    H                 H                   H                 H                 H                  H

H      Q.     E  H       Q.    E  H.          Q
||----------------|----------------|----------------||
||2------2------0-|----------------|----------------||
||0---------------|4-------4-----2-|0-----------0---||
||-------0--------|2---------------|----------------||
||----------------|--------2-------|3---------------||
||----------------|----------------|--------3-------||
  H      H         H       H        H       H

H       H        H      t        (H)
||----------------|----------------|----------------|]
||----------------|----------------|----------------|]
||0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|]
||--------3-------|----------------|----------------|]
||3-------5-------|----------------|----------------|]
||----------------|3---------------|3---------------|]
  H                H                   H                      t              (H)

Legend:
H=Half note
Q=Quarter not
E=Eighth note
S=Sixteenth note
Q.=Dotted quarter note, or E.= Dotted Eighth note, etc.
R=rest w/time duration above it
H    t    (H)= Tie, don't play second note
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|o--------o|=repeats
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Q   Q
||2-------||
||----2---||
||0-------||= In two part notation, I write the time durations for       ||--------||  the top and bottom lines, even when the notes are the ||--------||  same.
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  Q   Q

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||--------|]= End of piece
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I didn't tell you how many times to repeat a section, because there are a bunch of different ways of playing this song, so repeat when necessary, and you should do fine.

Not terribly difficult, but a beautiful song. Any questions, comments, can be sent to DwrfBoy1@aol.com. Have fun.

.Dan

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